The Present Perfect (verb tense) is used to talk about action that’s on-going: what has been happening. For example, to say things like “I’ve been working every weekend” the Present Perfect is the way to go. Just use TER + the past participle of any verb. TER is always in…
ARNALDO Bela! Oi. Como vai? BELA Vou bem, obrigada! E aí, como você está? You will “E aí” constantly – especially between good friends. It’s just the same as when we say “hey there”. It literally translates to: and there. ARNALDO Eu estou bem, obrigado. Tudo bem? BELA Tudo jóia? This one just sounds too…
Speak in the present perfect. You use it all the time to say for example, “I’ve been working” “We’ve been traveling” or, “What have been doing?” It’s all about the been! To use this verb tense (the present perfect indicative) all you need to do is connect ter with any past participle of a verb….
Read more...Eu tenho trabalhado, e você? And, what about you, what have you been up to? In english, the ‘been’ is a way of signaling that you’re talking about the past, about something that is ongoing. If you say for example. ‘Eu trabalhei’ it means that you worked and that it’s done. To talk about some action…
Read more...In Portuguese there are several ways to refer to something that happened in the past, each with varying shades of meaning. The present perfect indicative (!) includes expressions like ‘I have been going out every night’. Use it when talking about action that has been happening (and still is).
Read more...Have you ever wondered how to translate “been” into Portuguese? It’s a common mistake to think that the verbs for “to be” are involved. The key is to use TER.
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